custom woodworker
Cabinetry

Opportunities to Use a Custom Woodworker

Here at Marvelous Woodworking we solve a variety of different design, storage, and style issues with our custom projects. Designers and homeowners come to us to turn their ideas into reality.  There are a multitude of opportunities to use the skills of an experienced custom woodworker—fireplace mantels, staircases, cabinets or furniture can all be hand-made. When store-bought options do not fit the look and functionality you are looking for, using a custom woodworker means you do not have to settle

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Woodworking Projects

Painted, Stained or Natural: Picking the Right Wood Finish

All custom woodworking projects—a built-in entertainment center, staircase or furniture piece—will require a finish choice: paint, stain, or natural wood. Picking the right wood finish relates to the overall look of a project, and has the potential to make the piece look really fabulous. We at Marvelous Woodworking are in love with the look of natural wood, but we always put the customer’s vision first and guide them to the best options in order to achieve the result they are

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historic home restoration
Cabinetry

Project Highlight: Meridian-Kessler Historic Home Restoration

Our partnerships with Indianapolis interior designers bring us some fun and challenging projects. Designer Elaine Pauley called us recently to assist in a Meridian-Kessler historic home restoration for one of her clients. The house was built in 1955, but much of the interior was in an outdated 70’s style; Elaine’s goal was to help her clients bring it back to its mid-century modern roots. Old homes can be difficult to update as things were constructed differently years ago, and new

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Cabinetry

Project Highlight: Historic home in Fort Benjamin Harrison

One of the Marvelous Woodworking team’s specialties is working in older homes and adapting to the quirks and challenges of bygone architecture and details. A couple in the Fort Benjamin Harrison area have been clients of ours for four years. Jeanne and Scott live in a 1904 historic home that was once part of the old military base. “After that much time of wear and tear,” said Jeanne, “nothing is square or perfect anymore. It’s very hard working in older

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Adding Wainscoting | Hallway
Architectural Details

Adding Wainscoting to Your Home

  Many homeowners are looking for ways to update and personalize their homes, searching through dozens of catalogs and sites for the perfect solution. However, making your space more interesting may be as simple as layering wood on your walls. An elegant option that packs a lot of visual power is adding wainscoting: wooden paneling or trim installed over the lower part of a wall. Visually, it divides a room in two, creating an upper and lower level in an architectural

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Historic Renovation for the Benjamin Harrison House
Historic Restorations

Historic Restoration at the Benjamin Harrison House

As custom woodworkers, we are called onto many jobs that require our quality craftsmanship and problem-solving skills to create pieces for our clients that stores and catalogs can’t. One of our specialties is historic restoration. We can study an old home with a style long since passed and replicate it, repairing existing furniture or architectural details to their former glory, or making new pieces that match the home’s original style. We had the opportunity to work in one of Indianapolis’

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